<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><swiss-sanctions-list list-type="amendment" date="2025-10-08"><sanctions-program ssid="200" version-date="2025-10-06" predecessor-version-date="2025-06-20"><program-key lang="eng">Syria</program-key><program-key lang="ger">Syrien</program-key><program-key lang="fre">Syrie</program-key><program-key lang="ita">Siria</program-key><program-name lang="eng">Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7)</program-name><program-name lang="ger">Verordnung vom 8. Juni 2012 über Massnahmen gegenüber Syrien (SR 946.231.172.7)</program-name><program-name lang="fre">Ordonnance du 8 juin 2012 instituant des mesures à l’encontre de la Syrie (RS 946.231.172.7)</program-name><program-name lang="ita">Ordinanza dell'8 giugno 2012 che istituisce provvedimenti nei confronti della Siria (RS 946.231.172.7)</program-name><sanctions-set ssid="3986" lang="eng">article 10 paragraph 1 (Financial sanctions) and article 17 paragraph 1 (Travel ban), annex 7</sanctions-set><sanctions-set ssid="3986" lang="ger">Art. 10 Abs. 1 (Finanzsanktionen) und Art. 17 Abs. 1 (Ein- und Durchreiseverbot), Anhang 7</sanctions-set><sanctions-set ssid="3986" lang="fre">art. 10, al. 1 (Sanctions financières) et art. 17, al. 1 (Interdiction de séjour et de transit), annexe 7</sanctions-set><sanctions-set ssid="3986" lang="ita">art. 10 cpv. 1 (Sanzioni finanziarie) e art. 17 cpv. 1 (Divieto di entrata e di transito), allegato 7</sanctions-set><origin>EU</origin></sanctions-program><sanctions-program ssid="200" version-date="2025-10-06" predecessor-version-date="2025-06-20"><program-key lang="eng">Syria</program-key><program-key lang="ger">Syrien</program-key><program-key lang="fre">Syrie</program-key><program-key lang="ita">Siria</program-key><program-name lang="eng">Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7)</program-name><program-name lang="ger">Verordnung vom 8. 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Member of the Makhlouf family.</justification></individual><modification modification-type="de-listed" enactment-date="2025-10-06" publication-date="2025-10-07" effective-date="2025-10-08"/></target><target ssid="11916"><sanctions-set-id>3986</sanctions-set-id><individual sex="male"><identity ssid="11919" main="true"><name ssid="38978" name-type="primary-name" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="given-name"><value>Tarif</value><spelling-variant lang="ARA" script="ARAB" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">طريف</spelling-variant></name-part><name-part order="2" name-part-type="family-name"><value>Akhras</value><spelling-variant lang="ARA" script="ARAB" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">أخرس</spelling-variant></name-part></name><name ssid="38979" name-type="alias" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="family-name"><value>Al Akhras</value><spelling-variant lang="ARA" script="ARAB" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">الأخرس</spelling-variant></name-part></name><day-month-year ssid="11920" day="2" month="6" year="1951" calendar="Gregorian" quality="good"/><place-of-birth ssid="11921" place-id="11918" quality="good"/></identity><justification ssid="93802">Leading businessperson operating in Syria linked to the former al-Assad regime. He is the founder of the Akhras Group (commodities, trading, processing and logistics) and former Chairman of the Homs Chamber of Commerce. Close business relations with former President Bashar al-Assad’s family. Former member of the Board of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce. Provided logistical support for the former al-Assad regime (buses and tank loaders). 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Supports and/or benefits from the former al-Assad regime through business dealings, including fuel smuggling and weapons transfers. 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